Clothes-drier



G. RAGE. CLOTHES DRIER.

No. 24,575. Patented June28, 1859.

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GEORGE RAGE, OF NORWICH, NE\V YORK.

CLOTHES-DRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 24,575, dated June 28, 1859.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE RACE, of Norwich, in the county of Chenangoand State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement inClothes-Reels; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in whichFigure 1, is a top view of the clothes reel with the arms extended. Fig.2, is a ven tical projection of the post which incloses the arms, andFig. 3, is a vertical longitudinal section of the same, showing also inred lines, the arms when extended for use.

Similar letters of reference, in each of the several figures indicatecorresponding parts.

hIy invention relates to that class of machines used for the purpose ofdrying clothes or other similar articles, and consists in the employmentof a hollow post, which incloses the arms on which the materials to bedried rest, together with devices for raising, extending and loweringsaid arms which are hereinafter more fully described.

To enable others, skilled in the art, to make and use my invention, Iwill proceed to describe its construction and operation In the drawings,A, represents a hollow post which is firmly inserted in the ground. Thispost A, is made hollow for the reception of the arms D, D, which arehinged at their lower extremities to the head H, and are connectedtogether at their upper ex-- tremities by cords E, or other similar connections. T o the bottom of the head H, are attached two pulleys 1, y,around which passes a cord or other connection. The cord is attached tothe upper end of the post A, from thence it passes around the pulleys 31 attached to the head H, thence passes out over pulleys at the side ofthe hollow post, and around a crank shaft having its hearings in theupper end of the hollow post.

F, is a rack on the side of the head H. which gears into the pinion 972,when the head is elevated.

Z, is a latch on the side of the hollow post which by sliding back andforth is made to gear and ungear with the pinion m, 011 the crank shaftand thus secure the head when it is elevated.

The arms D, D, being hinged to the head H, will, when the latter iselevated, fall by reason of gravity into the positions shown in Fig. 1,while they will be retained in such position by the cords E, E, whichsup port the materials to be dried.

The operation of my invention is obvious: Power being applied to thecrank shaft, the head with its arms D, D, is elevated in the hollow postby the cord and pulleys described, until the head is suificient-lyelevated for the pinion m, to gear into the rack F on the head H; thehead is then further raised by the rack and pinion, until the arms clearthe hollow post when the former being hinged to the head, fall by reasonof gravity into the position shown in Fig. 1. The clothes are placed onthe cords connecting the arms, or on the arms themselves. After theclothes are dried, the arms, by a reverse movement of the crank shaftmay be returned to the hollow post.

The advantages of my reel over those in ordinary use, consist in theprotection of the arms and cords from the weather, when the machine isnot in use, by their being inclosed in the hollow post; the armslikewise afford no obstruction and require no room when the machine isnot in use, which is important in crowded localities, and the lines donot have to be attached to the arms of the reel each time that it isused.

S, is a cap which covers the hollow post to protect the arms and otherdevices contained in the post from the action of the weather, when notin use.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The employment of a hollow post inclosing the arms of the reel inwhich the arms may be elevated and depressed through its top, in themanner and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of the sliding head H, and the arms D, hinged to saidhead at their lower extremities and connected by cords or otherequivalent connection at their upper extremities, substantially as andfor the purpose described.

3. The combination with the foregoing, of the cord and pulleys, thepinion m, rack F,

. and latch Z, for elevating and securing the head H, in the hollowpost, When the Whole is constructed and operated substantially in 10 themanner set forth. The above specification of my improved clothes driersigned by me this 2d day of June 1859.

GEORGE RACE. Witnesses:

D. L. FoLLE'r'r, PHILANDER B. PRINDLE.

